Ellen Hine

Feb 11, 2025 | poynter.org | Ellen Hine

How do journalists defend the importance of facts in an age of high polarization and low trust in the media? Poynter’s National Advisory Board met Feb. 10-11 in St. Petersburg, Florida, to provide guidance on how the institute can advocate for journalists and strengthen democracy in the upcoming year.

Feb 23, 2024 | poynter.org | Ellen Hine

At PolitiFact, we’ve done a lot of work around building reader trust. We lay out our fact-checking mission and process in both written and video forms. We disclose who donates to our nonprofit newsroom. We list out our sources for each fact check. We publish reader feedback, positive and negative. Independence and transparency are the heart of journalism and are especially important in fact-checking journalism.

Feb 23, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Ellen Hine |Politi Fact

Posted Friday, February 23, 2024 10:07 am At PolitiFact, we’ve done a lot of work around building reader trust. We lay out our fact-checking mission and process in both written and video forms. We disclose who donates to our nonprofit newsroom.

Feb 8, 2024 | politifact.com | Ellen Hine

As PolitiFact enters another contentious election year, we want to explain to you, our readers, how we’re maintaining transparency about our fact-checking. Independence and transparency are the heart of journalism and are especially important in fact-checking journalism. Our readers should understand how our journalists decide what statements to fact-check and we consult sources and analyze data to reach conclusions. We care deeply about our relationship with our readers.

Jan 20, 2024 | politifact.com | Ellen Hine

MANCHESTER, N.H. — We’ve hit the halfway mark for PolitiFact’s pre-primaryNew Hampshire trip, and I almost can’t believe it. Friday was a travel day for most of our team, so Senior Correspondent Louis Jacobson and I had a respite from the breakneck pace we’ve kept for the last few days. We visited WMUR-TV in the morning so Lou could film one more hit there.  Senior Correspondant Louis Jacobson films a segment with our New Hampshire partner, WMUR-TV.